Uyo Ibibio Dictionary - Computational Linguistics and Spoken ...

Uyo–Bielefeld Ibibio Dictionary (Urua, Ekpenyong, Gibbon)
ifuure /ifuure/ [ifuure] HLLH n: peace, calm, quiet.
ifuuro /ifuuro/ [ifuuro] HLLH n: peace, calm, quiet.
ii /ii/ [ii] HH interj : yes syn mm.
ii /ii/ [ii] LH interj : [Efik] expression of regret, sympathy, apology syns kpe, mmm.
iii /iii/ [iii] LLH interj : [Efik] expression of regret, sympathy, apology syns kpe, mmm.
ika /ika/ [ika] HF n: falling star, meteor.
ikabo.o.t /ikab��t/ [ikabOOt] LLHL n: [partly from Eng] ball.
ikabo.o.t /ikab��t/ [ikabOOt] LLHL n: [partly from Eng] ball.
ikak /ikak/ [ikak] HF n: a kind of game in which a ring is buried in the sand and the
players try to find it (var. ekak).
ikaka /ikaka/ [ikaka] HLL n: a large bag (imported type) used for carrying coconuts,
palm kernels, cassava.
ikan /ikan/ [ikan] LF n: a kind of plant, mats used for screens and partitions are made
from its leaves, pandanus candelabrum (?) (Dalziel); a sleeping mat.
ikan - /ika�/ [ikaN] HH n: fire.
ikan - ta /ika�ta/ [ikaNta] HHHH v: [Eng] counterfeit?] counterfeit money (var. kaNta).
ikat /ikat/ [ikat] HF n: a round basket with a cover and a handle used for drying fish or
meat.
ike /ike/ [ike] HH n: tobacco, snuff.
ike /ike/ [ike] HH n: [Igbo power, strength?] a game in which two boiled eggs are placed
one on top of the other them pressed to see which one breaks.
iki /iki/ [iki] LL n: used as follows: iki keet right away, at once (keet one).
ikiba /ikiba/ [ikiba] LHL n: a calabash for serving palm wine, it has a filter at its mouth
to hold back the dregs.
ikiben /ikiben/ [ikiben] LHL n: a shallow woven cradle made from aya or from a rhizome;
it is tied around the edge with bamboo.
ikie /ikie/ [ikie] HHL num: [Efik] one hundred.
ikike /ikike/ [ikike] LHL n: reasoning power, common sense, intellect.
ikiko /ikiko/ [ikiko] LLL n: an animal in the cat family, it changes into ekpe (leopard)
when it gets older (var. ekiko).
iki.m /ik�m/ [ikIm] HH n: urine.
iki.m /ik�m/ [ikIm] HH n: gonorrhea.
iki.m /ik�m/ [ikIm] LL n: a creeper bearing long calabashes which are used as buoys or
for gathering palm wine or water.
iki.m /ik�m/ [ikIm] HF n: leaves used as goat fodder (gen term).
iki.m /ik�m/ [ikIm] HF n: urine; gonorrhea.
iki.me /ik�me/ [ikIme] LHH n: beggarly, a person who is greedy and dissatisfied but also
stupid and lazy so that he may accept something inferior frome someone else rather than
get something worthwhile by his own efforts.
iki.ro.k /ik�r�k/ [ikIrOk] HHH aj : dry and bony, meager (var. ikrOk).
iki.t /ik�t/ [ikIt] HH n: tortoise.
iko /iko/ [iko] LH n: calabash (gen term), Lagenaria vulgaris (Dalziel); a calabash
container; any small container to drink from; a standard measure (about a cup) for gari,
rice, beans.
iko. /ik�/ [ikO] HF n: word, language, talk; matter, palaver (difficulty, trouble, verbal
conflict, gathering for negotiation or decision).
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